title: Alpha-contingent stimulation with binocular and monocular viewing.
abstract: The method of alpha-contingent stimulation was evaluated under conditions of (1) binocular viewing, (2) monocular viewing, dominant eye, and (3) monocular viewing, non-dominant eye. Twelve normal young adults with normal vision and unequivocal alpha rhythms were tested. There was no evidence against generalizing the alpha contingent stimulation (ACS) method to monocular modes of viewing. The same methodological advantages, e.g. reduced random variability of the latency and duration of alpha blocking, were observed for all modes of viewing, which extends the range of possible applications of ACS method.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bedford, MA 01730.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Mulholland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*; D015349:Vision, Monocular / Q000502:physiology*